I'm hovering between 146 and 151 depending on the day. Wearing a size small or 8.
Wish I knew how to make the progress show at the top of the blog. Here's my progress:
I am a 27 year old mom of 3, well as of June I'm 28:
Date Weight Body Fat
June 1 185 41.2%
June 5 181 41.8%
June 7 178.8
June 8 177.8 40.9%
June 9 179.2 40.9%
June 11 178.8 40.7%
June 12 177.2 41%
June 13 176.8
June 14 175.4
June 15 175.4 40.7%
I went back up to 177.something and hovered there until Sunday June 24
June 27 173.0 (Time 9:01am) (:
June 28 173.0 (6am)
June 29 171.8 8am
June 30 169.4 (8am) 40.7% Woo hoo!!!!
July 4th 169.0
July 18 167.something
July 24 166.6 5:30am 39.something bodyfat
August 2 162.4 35.8% body fat night time (night time body fat % is lower; weight on scale is higher)
August 3 3am morning 160.2
August 3 7am 160.0
August 16h 8pm 158.6 33.something body fat
September 9 10:52pm 160lbs 34.something % body fat
(I did the Atkins diet for a few weeks to jump start my weight loss, again, then I went back to high fiber, low cal and lost some more. I'm currently plateaued, but that is due to business travel and having my period. I'm a little concerned about Thanksgivng tomorrow, but will probably do the Master Cleanse a few days after Thanksgivng when the leftovers are gone)
November 21 8:26am 149.0 34.0% bodyfat
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Sept. 29 Happiness is...
Why do I have a problem being happy? Dr. Laura might say it's because I was raised in turmoil, strife and conflict and it is a learned pattern that no one is happy in my family, so perhaps I feel deep down inside that I don't deserve it. I realized about a year ago that I have drama queen tendencies, in other words, sometimes, I create problems where there weren't any, because, I feel I don't deserve to be happy and content. What's the difference between content and complacent? I am a survivor, a goal setter and achievement-oriented. But sometimes, you just have to step back and say "life is good" and let the rest of the drama go.
And what does this have to do with weight loss? you ask. Since I have plateaued at 160 from an original weight of 185 it has been hard for me on a daily basis to appreciate my accomplishment. I see this pattern of thinking reflected in other areas of my life as well. I achieve something really nice that is pretty much what I wanted or more than I thought I wanted, and then I make myself set a new goal, rather than enjoy and appreciate where I am at that moment, which if I stand back and look at the situation is a good place. My neighbor just told me he can tell I've lost the weight and that I seem to glow. I know the things he said are true, but why can't I be happy with that inside if me. But I did need to hear that. I've been feeling down this week about some other things. Oh, the need for approval some of us have.
So, my commitment is to exercise 4-7 times per week for an hour 30 minutes high heart rate / cardio; and 30 minutes aerobic for fat burning. I don't see how after a year of that I could be overweight anymore.
One online calculator http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm said that I burn approx 400 calories per hour (I walk/jog about 4.5 miles in 1 hr)
another chart said Running: 5 mph (12 min/mile) 581.8 calories
Walk: 4.5 mph (13 min/mi) 458.1
And since my current activity level is active (it used to be sedentary or moderate) I need X number of calories to maintain my current weight. I keep thinking there has got be a way to eat and lose weight and have fun. But salt is evil. You retain water weight / pounds for a few days.
Calories Req'd
Heavy Exercise
2,531 cal = 160lbs 2308 calories = 130 lbs
Moderate Exercise
2,233 calories = 160 lbs 2008 calories = 130 lbs
When I'm all done losing weight, in case I don't want to exercise,
little to no exercise
1697-1765 calories = 130 lbs
so... I'll try to do 2000 calories per day right now. 1765 is kind of low for me right now.
Assume right now caloric intake = 2,382
Go down to 2000 = 382/day deficit = 2,674 / week = .75 lb per week. Which will take up to 40 weeks. Maybe I'm OK with a long term goal since I kind of like where I am right now, anyway.
Let me tell you about the ways this busy mom fit an hour of exercise into my life this week:
I haven't felt like going to the gym. But I did want to run. My husband started a new job with a new schedule on Monday, so after I helped make him and the kids lunches and after he left for work, I took my run all by myself at about 6:40am. I was back on time to take my kids to school. I did my full hour. I ran into my child's teacher from last school year and she called me "skinny lady". I loved that. It makes me glad when people can see it, since I can't always see the weight loss.
Tuesday I ran with my baby in his jogger stroller.
Wednesday I took my kids to school and had to be back at their school within 45 minutes (it's almost 30 minutes driving from home to school) because one of them was getting an award, so I parked my car at the school and ran around the neighborhood near their school. Then in the evening I left for my child's sports practice 35 minutes early and ran/walked with my kids by my side before the practice.
Nothing Thursday
Friday, (today) I felt like riding my bike so I did with my baby on the back. We did the full hour. I have no idea how many miles but probably 7-10 miles.
Each of my work outs is 1/2 high intensity and 1/2 aerobic, not so hard.
After being preservative and refined sugar and artificial flavor free for the most part for so long, I get sick when I eat these things. Splenda gives me headaches, white sugar makes me feel ill, processed wheat bread is addictive just like potatoes used to be, so I'll stick to whole wheat, which is also good, but is good for you, too.
And what does this have to do with weight loss? you ask. Since I have plateaued at 160 from an original weight of 185 it has been hard for me on a daily basis to appreciate my accomplishment. I see this pattern of thinking reflected in other areas of my life as well. I achieve something really nice that is pretty much what I wanted or more than I thought I wanted, and then I make myself set a new goal, rather than enjoy and appreciate where I am at that moment, which if I stand back and look at the situation is a good place. My neighbor just told me he can tell I've lost the weight and that I seem to glow. I know the things he said are true, but why can't I be happy with that inside if me. But I did need to hear that. I've been feeling down this week about some other things. Oh, the need for approval some of us have.
So, my commitment is to exercise 4-7 times per week for an hour 30 minutes high heart rate / cardio; and 30 minutes aerobic for fat burning. I don't see how after a year of that I could be overweight anymore.
One online calculator http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm said that I burn approx 400 calories per hour (I walk/jog about 4.5 miles in 1 hr)
another chart said Running: 5 mph (12 min/mile) 581.8 calories
Walk: 4.5 mph (13 min/mi) 458.1
And since my current activity level is active (it used to be sedentary or moderate) I need X number of calories to maintain my current weight. I keep thinking there has got be a way to eat and lose weight and have fun. But salt is evil. You retain water weight / pounds for a few days.
Calories Req'd
Heavy Exercise
2,531 cal = 160lbs 2308 calories = 130 lbs
Moderate Exercise
2,233 calories = 160 lbs 2008 calories = 130 lbs
When I'm all done losing weight, in case I don't want to exercise,
little to no exercise
1697-1765 calories = 130 lbs
so... I'll try to do 2000 calories per day right now. 1765 is kind of low for me right now.
Assume right now caloric intake = 2,382
Go down to 2000 = 382/day deficit = 2,674 / week = .75 lb per week. Which will take up to 40 weeks. Maybe I'm OK with a long term goal since I kind of like where I am right now, anyway.
Let me tell you about the ways this busy mom fit an hour of exercise into my life this week:
I haven't felt like going to the gym. But I did want to run. My husband started a new job with a new schedule on Monday, so after I helped make him and the kids lunches and after he left for work, I took my run all by myself at about 6:40am. I was back on time to take my kids to school. I did my full hour. I ran into my child's teacher from last school year and she called me "skinny lady". I loved that. It makes me glad when people can see it, since I can't always see the weight loss.
Tuesday I ran with my baby in his jogger stroller.
Wednesday I took my kids to school and had to be back at their school within 45 minutes (it's almost 30 minutes driving from home to school) because one of them was getting an award, so I parked my car at the school and ran around the neighborhood near their school. Then in the evening I left for my child's sports practice 35 minutes early and ran/walked with my kids by my side before the practice.
Nothing Thursday
Friday, (today) I felt like riding my bike so I did with my baby on the back. We did the full hour. I have no idea how many miles but probably 7-10 miles.
Each of my work outs is 1/2 high intensity and 1/2 aerobic, not so hard.
After being preservative and refined sugar and artificial flavor free for the most part for so long, I get sick when I eat these things. Splenda gives me headaches, white sugar makes me feel ill, processed wheat bread is addictive just like potatoes used to be, so I'll stick to whole wheat, which is also good, but is good for you, too.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
maintenance 9.13.07
I should be glad I'm maintaining, and I am. But I still want to lose weight. I have begun doing cardio 4-6 days per week and strength training most days. As a result, I am hungrier. I have been thinking about what to do about the hunger. What
I really want is to do some research on nutritional needs while strength training. Interestingly, I haven't found that info on the Internet. I'd like to know how much protein I need, so I can tell the difference between my body needing protein and my simply craving it. I also really want to learn about how much exercise a body needs. It really helped me to lose weight when I found out how many calories it takes to create / lose 1 lb. I also learned how many calories you can lose through exercise and all the details of how many calories are in various foods. I want to know the same things about exercise. I really did not find any good books about this at borders. I am thinking about taking some classes on personal training. Since I don't feel that my free personal trainer at the gym is helpful in these areas.
I think that if I do the following:
focus on drinking more water to quench hunger cravings,
snack on veggies and protein and maybe fruit
control portion sizes
add healthy fat to my diet
keep lean proteins available
I should be back on track to losing. But I really want to cut my calories back but don't know how far to do so while strenght training.
At the gym, I don't enjoy strength training. I feel self conscous. Plus, I like to have lots of options for how I maintain my healthy lifestyle-stuff I can do at home as well as at the gym, so I don't want my stenght training routine to be dependent upon the gym.
I know I still need to lose about 30 lbs to get to what the Dr calls healthy. I really want to get htese. I guess the question is, how bad do I want to get there?
If I knew what I was supposed to eat I would make myself do it. That kind of thing really helped me to say no before. Just knowing I did not physically need 2 slices of bread at each meal helped me to not eat it. I really want to know how much excercize I need-cardio, aerobic and strength. It is the type A / control freak / OCD / ADD part of my personality. I need to know why.
I really want is to do some research on nutritional needs while strength training. Interestingly, I haven't found that info on the Internet. I'd like to know how much protein I need, so I can tell the difference between my body needing protein and my simply craving it. I also really want to learn about how much exercise a body needs. It really helped me to lose weight when I found out how many calories it takes to create / lose 1 lb. I also learned how many calories you can lose through exercise and all the details of how many calories are in various foods. I want to know the same things about exercise. I really did not find any good books about this at borders. I am thinking about taking some classes on personal training. Since I don't feel that my free personal trainer at the gym is helpful in these areas.
I think that if I do the following:
focus on drinking more water to quench hunger cravings,
snack on veggies and protein and maybe fruit
control portion sizes
add healthy fat to my diet
keep lean proteins available
I should be back on track to losing. But I really want to cut my calories back but don't know how far to do so while strenght training.
At the gym, I don't enjoy strength training. I feel self conscous. Plus, I like to have lots of options for how I maintain my healthy lifestyle-stuff I can do at home as well as at the gym, so I don't want my stenght training routine to be dependent upon the gym.
I know I still need to lose about 30 lbs to get to what the Dr calls healthy. I really want to get htese. I guess the question is, how bad do I want to get there?
If I knew what I was supposed to eat I would make myself do it. That kind of thing really helped me to say no before. Just knowing I did not physically need 2 slices of bread at each meal helped me to not eat it. I really want to know how much excercize I need-cardio, aerobic and strength. It is the type A / control freak / OCD / ADD part of my personality. I need to know why.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
August 22, 2007
For dinner, yesterday, I had some delicious zucchini and squash with onions and parmesean cheese and chicken. I probably only had 1 serving of chicken, but due to the oil in the food, and the cheese, it was not the lowest calorie meal in the world.
The scale said I gained some weight, but I'm hoping it is due to increased mucscle mass. All I know is I have been hungry, but am trying to eat healthy, even if I am hungry.
Today:
7:30am
75-100 steel cut oats-1/2 to 3/4 serving
30 organic grade B maple syrup
15 butter
bottle water
I said "No!" to Starbucks, too. Are you proud of me? And I resisted the temptation to eat crakcers in my fiends car.
11
80 1 1/2-2 oz chicken
9 few pieces of zucchini with onions
80 oil
20 parmesean cheese
11:30
homemade stirfry
55-65 -brown rice - 1/4 - 1/3 cup
60 2 servings veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots)
30 ginger and oil homemade sauce
454-494
I do feel full, but want to make sure I'm full since we're headed out to the mall and there is a lot of temptation there.
The goal will be to eat a low calorie snack and a healthy dinner.
The scale said I gained some weight, but I'm hoping it is due to increased mucscle mass. All I know is I have been hungry, but am trying to eat healthy, even if I am hungry.
Today:
7:30am
75-100 steel cut oats-1/2 to 3/4 serving
30 organic grade B maple syrup
15 butter
bottle water
I said "No!" to Starbucks, too. Are you proud of me? And I resisted the temptation to eat crakcers in my fiends car.
11
80 1 1/2-2 oz chicken
9 few pieces of zucchini with onions
80 oil
20 parmesean cheese
11:30
homemade stirfry
55-65 -brown rice - 1/4 - 1/3 cup
60 2 servings veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots)
30 ginger and oil homemade sauce
454-494
I do feel full, but want to make sure I'm full since we're headed out to the mall and there is a lot of temptation there.
The goal will be to eat a low calorie snack and a healthy dinner.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Tuesday, August 21
After and Before:
Hmmm...I'm not sure if the difference is evident, but the difference is there or should I say, less of me is here, now.
I would like to report on my successes. I am down to 156.6 and wearing a size 10 at most stores. This equates to a size small or medium in women's or a size medium to large in juniors. I can hardly believe that I wear a junior size anything... I bought a pair of junior size 11 skinny jeans. It is really unbelievable to me. My bra size went from a 36DD bra down from 38DD. I wonder if a size 36D would fit... I notice more flab on my body and don't like that, so I'm trying to strength train. My areas of focus are legs, arms and stomach.
Best of all, I can wear a size 10 at most stores. At some stores this is a 12 and some stores this is an 8. My goal was only to be a size 8. So, I am almost there. I am just a pound or 2 past the halfway point. So, I've come a long way and also have quite a bit in front of me. But, this is such an accomplishment. It has been so long since I was a size 10. Probably about 7-8 years. For a former fat girl, I feel skinny. High heels are more comfy. My feet may have shrunk, too. I finally bought some new clothes. Just a few items, though. I don't want a closet full of clothes of all sizes, I'd like to get rid of all of my big clothes.
I have had a serious case of the munchies...aughhh! I have chalked it up to the strength training increasing my metabolism and have given in to the repeated cravings in moderation. Usually, what I like to do is determine why I'm having a craving and do something else to satisfy it. For example, if I really want chocolate milk, I may need fat or be having a sweet tooth. For a sweet tooth craving, prunes will usually kill the craving. For a cream/fat craving, it means my diet has been too low fat. But I have had chocolate cravings, mocha cravings and coffee cravings for about a week and they won't go away. I don't know what to do.
Today I ate:
*110 cal 2-3 bottles of cocoa bean flavored diet mix. It is called Right Size, and tastes very good to me. It has fiber and protein. I use less mix than the directions call for.
* free 1 bottle water
*275 Some espresso filled chocolates from Trader Joes
(Yesterday I drank chocolate slim fast)
*485 I also ate a quesadilla with at least 2 servings of cheese approx 300 on a flour tortilla 130 with refried beans 55
*150 2 boiled eggs today. I was freaking hungry...WTF?!
*I also had a sip or 2 of some diet pepsi-whew! yesterday I drank about 1/2 bottle of diet pepsi that made me feel ill...like I used to feel all of the time. And it was not due to the caffeine alone, since I drink black coffee nd drink green tea and sometimes drink low cal energy drinks and take diet meds with caffeine on occassion. It must be the chemicals in the soda. ewww.
*80 appetite curbing drink with hoodia, blueberry juice, etc.
*200 Today I also ate some broccoli, cahsew and mushroom sauce in a frozen bag at Trader Joes and ate about 1/2 or 3/4 bag of that, it was slammin!
1300 total
That is a lot of calories and I haven't had dinner yet. Maybe I'll skip it or have veggies only. Thiis what happens when you don't plan your meals or track what you eat. And I may have had more cheese than is reported. I didn't measure.
On the bright side, I only ate 1300-1600 calories and that is right around my goal weight maintainance. I will try to log in and record my food intake tomorrow, too, so I can at least stay on track for maintenance. It's a good thing hat on a fucked up day I still didn;t go crazy. This is the thing about weight loss, keeping up good healthy eating habits even when life is crazy.
Also on the bright side, I did a few hundred cruchies and reduced my work obligations.
Some ideas for tomorrow:
Drink water! Lots of it before every meal. and between each meal.
Eat a small breakfast even if I'm not hungry. With all food groups.
Don't eat the chocolates. They dodn;t give me much energy and took a lot to curb my chocolate craving.
Eat all veggies for lunch. Not quesadillas or eggs. If I'm really wanting quesadilla and eggs, eat whites only or just 1 yolk or a mostly veggie or mostly bean quesadilla with veggies and just a sprinkling of chese on 1/2 tortilla.
Did I tell you I have been tired? Really tired like I don't know what to do. Shoot. And cranky/grumpy. I wonder if I should do the master cleanse again? I quit on day 6 last time. Lately, I have been wanting to feel full. What is that about?!
I will try to see if taking better care of myself will help me to take care of my health. I should go to bed early. I will try to.
Hmmm...I'm not sure if the difference is evident, but the difference is there or should I say, less of me is here, now.
I would like to report on my successes. I am down to 156.6 and wearing a size 10 at most stores. This equates to a size small or medium in women's or a size medium to large in juniors. I can hardly believe that I wear a junior size anything... I bought a pair of junior size 11 skinny jeans. It is really unbelievable to me. My bra size went from a 36DD bra down from 38DD. I wonder if a size 36D would fit... I notice more flab on my body and don't like that, so I'm trying to strength train. My areas of focus are legs, arms and stomach.
Best of all, I can wear a size 10 at most stores. At some stores this is a 12 and some stores this is an 8. My goal was only to be a size 8. So, I am almost there. I am just a pound or 2 past the halfway point. So, I've come a long way and also have quite a bit in front of me. But, this is such an accomplishment. It has been so long since I was a size 10. Probably about 7-8 years. For a former fat girl, I feel skinny. High heels are more comfy. My feet may have shrunk, too. I finally bought some new clothes. Just a few items, though. I don't want a closet full of clothes of all sizes, I'd like to get rid of all of my big clothes.
I have had a serious case of the munchies...aughhh! I have chalked it up to the strength training increasing my metabolism and have given in to the repeated cravings in moderation. Usually, what I like to do is determine why I'm having a craving and do something else to satisfy it. For example, if I really want chocolate milk, I may need fat or be having a sweet tooth. For a sweet tooth craving, prunes will usually kill the craving. For a cream/fat craving, it means my diet has been too low fat. But I have had chocolate cravings, mocha cravings and coffee cravings for about a week and they won't go away. I don't know what to do.
Today I ate:
*110 cal 2-3 bottles of cocoa bean flavored diet mix. It is called Right Size, and tastes very good to me. It has fiber and protein. I use less mix than the directions call for.
* free 1 bottle water
*275 Some espresso filled chocolates from Trader Joes
(Yesterday I drank chocolate slim fast)
*485 I also ate a quesadilla with at least 2 servings of cheese approx 300 on a flour tortilla 130 with refried beans 55
*150 2 boiled eggs today. I was freaking hungry...WTF?!
*I also had a sip or 2 of some diet pepsi-whew! yesterday I drank about 1/2 bottle of diet pepsi that made me feel ill...like I used to feel all of the time. And it was not due to the caffeine alone, since I drink black coffee nd drink green tea and sometimes drink low cal energy drinks and take diet meds with caffeine on occassion. It must be the chemicals in the soda. ewww.
*80 appetite curbing drink with hoodia, blueberry juice, etc.
*200 Today I also ate some broccoli, cahsew and mushroom sauce in a frozen bag at Trader Joes and ate about 1/2 or 3/4 bag of that, it was slammin!
1300 total
That is a lot of calories and I haven't had dinner yet. Maybe I'll skip it or have veggies only. Thiis what happens when you don't plan your meals or track what you eat. And I may have had more cheese than is reported. I didn't measure.
On the bright side, I only ate 1300-1600 calories and that is right around my goal weight maintainance. I will try to log in and record my food intake tomorrow, too, so I can at least stay on track for maintenance. It's a good thing hat on a fucked up day I still didn;t go crazy. This is the thing about weight loss, keeping up good healthy eating habits even when life is crazy.
Also on the bright side, I did a few hundred cruchies and reduced my work obligations.
Some ideas for tomorrow:
Drink water! Lots of it before every meal. and between each meal.
Eat a small breakfast even if I'm not hungry. With all food groups.
Don't eat the chocolates. They dodn;t give me much energy and took a lot to curb my chocolate craving.
Eat all veggies for lunch. Not quesadillas or eggs. If I'm really wanting quesadilla and eggs, eat whites only or just 1 yolk or a mostly veggie or mostly bean quesadilla with veggies and just a sprinkling of chese on 1/2 tortilla.
Did I tell you I have been tired? Really tired like I don't know what to do. Shoot. And cranky/grumpy. I wonder if I should do the master cleanse again? I quit on day 6 last time. Lately, I have been wanting to feel full. What is that about?!
I will try to see if taking better care of myself will help me to take care of my health. I should go to bed early. I will try to.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
August 4th Saturday Master Cleanse
Well, it is Saturday at 6:19am. I've been up since 4:30am and have completed some work assignments and washed and folded 1 1/2 loads laundry. Since being on the MC (this is my 6th day), I've been going to bed a little earlier-more like 9 something instead of 10 something in bed, and have had energy to do a few loads of laundry each day. I wake up every day at 4:30, which not coincidentally, I've been trying to do since earlier this year, My son started soccer this week, so I have committed to walk him to practice each day-it's only 10 minutes each way. I also will do a few laps around the park. I need to figure out how to make exercise part of my life, rather than make time to exercise. Doing more household chores is 1 way I have been doing this.
I have not had a problem with being hungry bored or wanting to chew while on MC. The only hard part has been behavior associations I have with food. For example: Friday at my friends home, she was getting ready to get some already cooked fried chicken from the store. That gave me a craving/taste for fried chicken. But, I did manage to cook popcorn with butter for my kids without eating it, so victory. As of yesterday, I weighed 160.2lbs and my fat was down to around 35 or 36%. (from over 42% fat and 181lbs June 5)
I have been having desires to cook vegetarian meals for my family. I know I can't eat them, but I want to blend herbs. When I get done with MC, I could see myself going salt free. I have no craving taste for salt, but I still sometimes crave breads-corn bread and white bread and biscuits. Stuff I don't even normally eat.
I really want to stay on MC until I reach my target weight of 130. As Eric Carle would write: "Can I do it? Yes I can!" My mini goal is at least 10 days and then do detox.
It will be nice to lose weight over weekend for once. It has been so difficult to keep up healthy habits over the weekends.
I've been giving a lot of thought to maintenance and lifestyle. I never want to backslide. Some people lose weight and become slender and then gain it back. I don't want that to happen, so I've been thinking about how do skinny people live? I've been thinking about what happens when life becomes hectic, because stresses do happen change happens and I really want to keep up this things I do when that happens. But how will I? Can I simply never allow myself to not make time for my own health? Is that too broad of a goal? Is it impossible to control the world like that or am I simply saying I will not allow myself to be controlled by the world. What will I do?
Maybe it's just about commitment to continue healthy living: Here's what I have been doing and what I will have to continue to do:
-measuring my food portions
-making sure that the bulk of my meals is vegetable based
-making lower calorie food choices
-not eating after 7pm
-Not eating with family when we are out to eat or visiting and they only have unhealthy foods. I have not been successful with this one. I've got to substitute an activity for the food, like taking a walk or drinking water or eating a different vegetarian dish, because seriously, even the vegetable dishes at restaurants and at families house have so much fat added that I have gained weight from them. Do I pack a snack/pack a meal? I don't want to appear rude. I will have to limit myself to only eating the unprocessed whole versions of foods. Ex: corn on the cob or salad or picking the skin or batter off my chicken. I hope my 130lb body will motivate me to do these kinds of things and I pray I won't be viewed as rude by my family.
-I can probably commit to light excercize 3 times per week for 15-30 minutes max excercize-but that doesn't allow you to eat much more food. I do love the way I feel-way more energetic and i feel like doing chores and things it is amazing. Maybe that will motivate me. If I can remember how I used to have no energy and now I have so much more.
I've determined I will exercise harder for 30mins - 1 hour on the holidays in order to deal with that. But it seems like in my extended family, we have a holiday whenever we get together. It's funny, I used to consider it great to eat all the time with family that can cook such great foods, but now it just scares me. It;s also funny that I have realized that I feel more comfortable around family who know and verbally support me in my weight loss. But some people have said nothing. Like they don't see it. I wonder if they are jealous or upset or really haven't noticed. I've lost 20-25lbs and have gone from a size14-16 to 10-12. Maybe they haven't noticed. Maybe I'm paranoid.
Or maybe this is all too much to do long term, and I need to keep it simple like:
- exercise 35 mins -1 hour 4+ days per week.
- skip 1 meal per day or replace it with a low calorie diet shake or yogurt or an apple or a bowl of cereal.
- Continue to drink water before each meal
- when with family or out to eat, drink 2 waters before each meal and 1 glass between each plate/serving
- Try to start eating 15-20 mins after them
- Get control of the weekends so I can eat somewhat normally during the week.
- or substitute meals on the weekends
- understand that weekend and family time do not mean eat crazy bad food. There are other ways to bond and have fun.
- Just say no to comfort foods for no reason. Only in strict moderation, and since many comfort foods are addictive to me, just say no.
- Stay busy doing other things. my life shouldn't revolve around eating.
- Tend my garden-this burns calories and is a distraction
- Clean my house
- Take a walk with my baby or son or the others in my home.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Weight Loss Progress 2nd third
I am a 28 years old married Work at Home mom to 3 children
My Weight Loss Progress:
164.6 lbs 38.7% Body Fat July 28 2007 6:30am
My Weight Loss Progress:
164.6 lbs 38.7% Body Fat July 28 2007 6:30am
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Lemonade Diet Master Cleanse
I am starting the Master Cleanse aka the Lemonade Diet today. It is not meant to be used as a weight loss tool, because the fast is to remove toxins from your body. However, since I have made significant lifestyle changes and am losing weight, my goal is for this to help me to lose faster so that I can maintain. I purchased Burroughs original MasterCleanse Book as well as Glickman's newer, updated version. I am currently on step 2, drinking the salt water. I decided I will need to wake early to drink this stuff, since I don't want to be stuck at the house all day. My weight has been 167 until this morning, until it went to 166.6-after the Senna Tea began to work. I will report back on my progress.
BTW: I went to the mall this weekend and discovered that I can squeeze into size 8-10. It is definitely way too tight to wear in public, but an accomplishment. At Express-a store I used to shop at in my thinner days, I can wear the biggest size there-a 12! My goal is to wear the same size there I used to 2 babies ago-an 8. I am juiced just to be ableto wear their clothes again. Woo Hoo! I think I've lost 1 bra band size from a 38 to a 36 as well as maybe gasp a cup size from DD to D. When I get below 159, I will get re sized by a pro at Macy's or the Bra outlet store. My panties are so loose now and I had a clothes party in my room, boxing up clothes that are unflattering due to being a little too big. Nothing is falling off, but things are un-comfy and prone to cause chaffing due to rubbing, and prone to somewhat not covering my body correctly. Yeah!!!!! (:
BTW: I went to the mall this weekend and discovered that I can squeeze into size 8-10. It is definitely way too tight to wear in public, but an accomplishment. At Express-a store I used to shop at in my thinner days, I can wear the biggest size there-a 12! My goal is to wear the same size there I used to 2 babies ago-an 8. I am juiced just to be ableto wear their clothes again. Woo Hoo! I think I've lost 1 bra band size from a 38 to a 36 as well as maybe gasp a cup size from DD to D. When I get below 159, I will get re sized by a pro at Macy's or the Bra outlet store. My panties are so loose now and I had a clothes party in my room, boxing up clothes that are unflattering due to being a little too big. Nothing is falling off, but things are un-comfy and prone to cause chaffing due to rubbing, and prone to somewhat not covering my body correctly. Yeah!!!!! (:
Friday, July 20, 2007
Friday, July 20th Maintenance update
168 this morning. Wow. The lowest I’ve been in so many years. Here I am, sitting here hungry-or something. It is probably not hunger, but craving a routine. My stomach doesn’t hurt, it’s more like a sense of entitlement, everyone else is eating, and I should be able to, also.
But it is kind of like that saying, today is the first day of the rest of your life. If I want to be able to maintain y thinness, I need to have the willpower to make the right decisions most of the time. The right decision is not to eat, since it is 9:33pm and w just got home. I have got to stop eating late. My body doesn’t metabolize food well late at night. My body has also set itself on a schedule of eating times. I need to eat dinner at about 4. At the latest, I should finish eating 3 hours before bed, which for me means eating no later than 7pm.
It is these baby steps and mini lifestyle changes that will allow me to reach and maintain my goal weight. I am so happy to have maintained my weight since July 4th, without calorie counting and while exercising less. The truth is that if I’m not going to exercise, I must eat less, my body needs less. I really want to get rid of my bog clothes, so that there’s no going back.
I realize these are crazy ramblings, but I feel like a drug addict trying to say no to drugs while having a craving / going through withdrawal.
Looking back, there are still some times I eat when I‘m not hungry and or it is not logical for me to eat, and I need to nip that.
I love the empty feeling of not being full all of the time. It feels energized or peppy. I feel like I can jump up and conquer any physical thing, like run a marathon or anything. I also feel mentally ready to do anything. Eating too much and making poor food choices makes you feel less motivated.
I am just trying to journal my thoughts and feelings so I can look back on them with a feeling of satisfaction over how far I’ve come along my journey and so I can identify with what it meant to be a slave to food, after I’ve won the battle. I can do it!
I feel so good, my body feels sleeker to me, more slim, more feminine, more womanlike, when it isn’t filled up with food.
I realize I have come so far and really want to not ever backslide. Prayer against backsliding:
“Dear Lord, I come to you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I thank you for all you’ve done for me and are doing for me and my family. I thank you Lord, for providing good, healthy food for me to sustain my body with. Lord, I thank you for giving me the strength to eat healthy foods. Your Word says my body is your temple and I realize now that it is a sin to abuse your temple by over filing it with non nutritious food and by being a glutton. I know you would like us to fill our bodies with adequate amounts of food and I thank you for blessing me and my family to have more than enough food. I also believe that it is wrong to be wasteful of your blessings and it is wasteful to over indulge on your blessings. In the name of Jesus, I praise you, and give you all the glory. I thank you for being with me and giving me the strength through you when I do not have the strength. I thank you that through you I am more than a conqueror, even in the area of food and health. Lord, I thank you for giving me the strength to say No to bad food choices. I thank you that your work in me in this area will be a living testament to others what You can do. I love you and I praise you. In the glorious and majestic name of Jesus, Amen.
But it is kind of like that saying, today is the first day of the rest of your life. If I want to be able to maintain y thinness, I need to have the willpower to make the right decisions most of the time. The right decision is not to eat, since it is 9:33pm and w just got home. I have got to stop eating late. My body doesn’t metabolize food well late at night. My body has also set itself on a schedule of eating times. I need to eat dinner at about 4. At the latest, I should finish eating 3 hours before bed, which for me means eating no later than 7pm.
It is these baby steps and mini lifestyle changes that will allow me to reach and maintain my goal weight. I am so happy to have maintained my weight since July 4th, without calorie counting and while exercising less. The truth is that if I’m not going to exercise, I must eat less, my body needs less. I really want to get rid of my bog clothes, so that there’s no going back.
I realize these are crazy ramblings, but I feel like a drug addict trying to say no to drugs while having a craving / going through withdrawal.
Looking back, there are still some times I eat when I‘m not hungry and or it is not logical for me to eat, and I need to nip that.
I love the empty feeling of not being full all of the time. It feels energized or peppy. I feel like I can jump up and conquer any physical thing, like run a marathon or anything. I also feel mentally ready to do anything. Eating too much and making poor food choices makes you feel less motivated.
I am just trying to journal my thoughts and feelings so I can look back on them with a feeling of satisfaction over how far I’ve come along my journey and so I can identify with what it meant to be a slave to food, after I’ve won the battle. I can do it!
I feel so good, my body feels sleeker to me, more slim, more feminine, more womanlike, when it isn’t filled up with food.
I realize I have come so far and really want to not ever backslide. Prayer against backsliding:
“Dear Lord, I come to you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I thank you for all you’ve done for me and are doing for me and my family. I thank you Lord, for providing good, healthy food for me to sustain my body with. Lord, I thank you for giving me the strength to eat healthy foods. Your Word says my body is your temple and I realize now that it is a sin to abuse your temple by over filing it with non nutritious food and by being a glutton. I know you would like us to fill our bodies with adequate amounts of food and I thank you for blessing me and my family to have more than enough food. I also believe that it is wrong to be wasteful of your blessings and it is wasteful to over indulge on your blessings. In the name of Jesus, I praise you, and give you all the glory. I thank you for being with me and giving me the strength through you when I do not have the strength. I thank you that through you I am more than a conqueror, even in the area of food and health. Lord, I thank you for giving me the strength to say No to bad food choices. I thank you that your work in me in this area will be a living testament to others what You can do. I love you and I praise you. In the glorious and majestic name of Jesus, Amen.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
June 29th recap My first good weekend day!
Update
I really feel like I’m making progress. I have lost 15 lbs total. I am down to 169.4-from 185 at the begining of the month. approx 39 more to go!
A very recent change I have decided to implement is to stop eating late. I have read before that if you are not hungry in the morning, it is because you ate too late the night before. I also noticed that if I was too busy to eat breakfast in the morning, my weight would continue to go down by up to 8 oz between 6 am and 10am-before I ate. Since keeping my metabolism up is important, I concluded that I should stop eating late, so that I can eat breakfast earlier.
I am also happy to discover that I only have to exercise about 35 minutes and I can still lose weight quickly. Probably due to the fact that I eat so little.
Yesterday was the first weekend day I have managed to eat according to my diet plan. I have managed exercising one day on the weekend, before, but never have I kept my calories down on the weekend. The class I’m taking at Kaiser has us record our meals in a log. I used to record mine in a binder, but that made it hard to carry around. This book fits in my pocket or purse. So it is easy for me to journal my meals on my weight loss blog.
Breakfast:
¼ - ½ c oatmeal
w/ ½ tsp butter
w/ ½ tsp sugar
w/ 1/8 c or less milk in the oatmeal
Around 11:00 I went to Gym w/ my whole family! I went on the treadmill for 35 mins or so. I even did 2 cardio intervals and ran on the treadmill for a while. It feels so good to run! That was a goal of mine-to be able to run without it hurting. It feels good now. I am so happy to be able to run. I can currently run for about 2-5 minutes before feeling like an asthmatic and completely getting out of breath. I will make it my goal to increase that! (:
I also did 135 crunches in sets of 20-25 and 8-10 sets of 8-10 reps of leg weight exercises. My stomach can feel that today.
After the gym, we were in the car taking my kids to various activities so I ate a
V8-the small cans have only 30 calories
About 5 dried plums-I love Costco’s dried plums!
We went home and I ate the rest of my salad from a diner on Friday night. My salad consisted of:
1 ½ cups Romaine lettuce
2-3 oz Grilled chicken breast
Freshly squeezed drizzled lemon juice
Herbed seasoning
Big glass of water
I was full, but felt tired, so I ate
1 oz high fiber Barilla plus pasta
And had a
cup of coffee-my first in weeks! With some milk and 1 tsp sugar
My family and I left again to go shopping, and I drank some of my Husbands
lite Arizona Green Tea Pomegranate energy drink-about 35 calories-it tasted great and perked me up.
We were at the mall and I became hungry around 8ish and I shared a
nutrition bar with my daughter 105 calories was ½ of it.
I skipped dinner, since we arrived home at 10:30pm, and my husband began preparing dinner at that time.
I hate to talk about bad stuff, but I’m a realist. Lately, I have been tired and had some headaches. I also can’t seem to hear or focus well. It’s like I need an energy drink almost all of the time. Maybe it’s the congestion I’ve been having, but maybe it’s due to a lack of food…I have begun taking a multi vitamin. I still think the weight loss is worth it. I felt sick and tired and had headaches even when I was eating a lot of food, because I was eating unhealthy foods. To me, it’s worth it. My body has to learn to survive on less. I’m only 5’2”. The BMI chart says I’m healthy at 99lbs! That is very small. Just because I weighed almost double that doesn’t mean I get to eat more.
I really feel like I’m making progress. I have lost 15 lbs total. I am down to 169.4-from 185 at the begining of the month. approx 39 more to go!
A very recent change I have decided to implement is to stop eating late. I have read before that if you are not hungry in the morning, it is because you ate too late the night before. I also noticed that if I was too busy to eat breakfast in the morning, my weight would continue to go down by up to 8 oz between 6 am and 10am-before I ate. Since keeping my metabolism up is important, I concluded that I should stop eating late, so that I can eat breakfast earlier.
I am also happy to discover that I only have to exercise about 35 minutes and I can still lose weight quickly. Probably due to the fact that I eat so little.
Yesterday was the first weekend day I have managed to eat according to my diet plan. I have managed exercising one day on the weekend, before, but never have I kept my calories down on the weekend. The class I’m taking at Kaiser has us record our meals in a log. I used to record mine in a binder, but that made it hard to carry around. This book fits in my pocket or purse. So it is easy for me to journal my meals on my weight loss blog.
Breakfast:
¼ - ½ c oatmeal
w/ ½ tsp butter
w/ ½ tsp sugar
w/ 1/8 c or less milk in the oatmeal
Around 11:00 I went to Gym w/ my whole family! I went on the treadmill for 35 mins or so. I even did 2 cardio intervals and ran on the treadmill for a while. It feels so good to run! That was a goal of mine-to be able to run without it hurting. It feels good now. I am so happy to be able to run. I can currently run for about 2-5 minutes before feeling like an asthmatic and completely getting out of breath. I will make it my goal to increase that! (:
I also did 135 crunches in sets of 20-25 and 8-10 sets of 8-10 reps of leg weight exercises. My stomach can feel that today.
After the gym, we were in the car taking my kids to various activities so I ate a
V8-the small cans have only 30 calories
About 5 dried plums-I love Costco’s dried plums!
We went home and I ate the rest of my salad from a diner on Friday night. My salad consisted of:
1 ½ cups Romaine lettuce
2-3 oz Grilled chicken breast
Freshly squeezed drizzled lemon juice
Herbed seasoning
Big glass of water
I was full, but felt tired, so I ate
1 oz high fiber Barilla plus pasta
And had a
cup of coffee-my first in weeks! With some milk and 1 tsp sugar
My family and I left again to go shopping, and I drank some of my Husbands
lite Arizona Green Tea Pomegranate energy drink-about 35 calories-it tasted great and perked me up.
We were at the mall and I became hungry around 8ish and I shared a
nutrition bar with my daughter 105 calories was ½ of it.
I skipped dinner, since we arrived home at 10:30pm, and my husband began preparing dinner at that time.
I hate to talk about bad stuff, but I’m a realist. Lately, I have been tired and had some headaches. I also can’t seem to hear or focus well. It’s like I need an energy drink almost all of the time. Maybe it’s the congestion I’ve been having, but maybe it’s due to a lack of food…I have begun taking a multi vitamin. I still think the weight loss is worth it. I felt sick and tired and had headaches even when I was eating a lot of food, because I was eating unhealthy foods. To me, it’s worth it. My body has to learn to survive on less. I’m only 5’2”. The BMI chart says I’m healthy at 99lbs! That is very small. Just because I weighed almost double that doesn’t mean I get to eat more.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
June 27, 2007 Thursday
After some fluctuations, I am down to 173.2! I am so happy. That is a definite breakthrough. I have gotten down to 175 several times, but breaking the 175 mark is a big accomplishment. I think my body likes to plateau there.
Great things about losing the first 7-12 lbs:
My next big goal is to break 160. I hope to be there by the time I finish my Healthy Ways weight loss class at Kaiser. They don not want us to set a goal of more than 2lbs per week, which should put me at 157. I was having such difficulties being consistent, especially after getting some results, that I decided to sign up myself and my DH for an 8 week class and maybe also take some diet medication called Phentermine. I really have not decided if I will take the meds, but I have committed to myself that if I don't lose the weight and stay committed, I will do whatever it does take, including but not limited to meds. 160 would be a break through. I think I got down pretty cost to there while preggo with my 3rd baby. I lost weight cause I couldn't eat heavy foods or large portions because of nausea. I think I may have been close to 160 shortly after I had my 2nd baby.
My personal, private goal is to loose as much as possible in the next 8 weeks while I have the support of the class and the meds and after that, my focus will be maintenance. I actually think that I can get pretty close to my target weight by the end of the class if I stop eating wrong on the weekends.
My big challenge is eating right on the weekends and with my family.
Also, my other challenge is cooking daily to make sure that there is healthy food available. If I don't cook, my DH will. The fact of the matter is he is a better cook and used to cook 95% of the families meals. In order for me to assure that my family has access to healthy food, I have to cook the food.
Great things about losing the first 7-12 lbs:
- My clothes fit looser. I love having a good reason to buy new clothes!
- I think my legs look a little bit better.
- I have more energy.
- I have established a habit of exercizing daily and I actually look forward to exercizing to the point that I will go out of my way to exercize in odd places and at odd times-like at 7:30 at night or while visiting another city for the weekend.
- My clothes are loose! It's not that they are too big now, but the fit is different.
- My clothes are more comfortable to wear. I can wear a 12-14 now comfortably.
- I looked at the back of my upper leg in short shorts and in my swimming suit and it looked alright.
- I bought a swimming suit for the first time in over 10 years!
- I can run! It doesn't hurt, it feels kind of good!
- I can do crunches without them hurtng me either. In fact, it takes more for me to even feel it!
My next big goal is to break 160. I hope to be there by the time I finish my Healthy Ways weight loss class at Kaiser. They don not want us to set a goal of more than 2lbs per week, which should put me at 157. I was having such difficulties being consistent, especially after getting some results, that I decided to sign up myself and my DH for an 8 week class and maybe also take some diet medication called Phentermine. I really have not decided if I will take the meds, but I have committed to myself that if I don't lose the weight and stay committed, I will do whatever it does take, including but not limited to meds. 160 would be a break through. I think I got down pretty cost to there while preggo with my 3rd baby. I lost weight cause I couldn't eat heavy foods or large portions because of nausea. I think I may have been close to 160 shortly after I had my 2nd baby.
My personal, private goal is to loose as much as possible in the next 8 weeks while I have the support of the class and the meds and after that, my focus will be maintenance. I actually think that I can get pretty close to my target weight by the end of the class if I stop eating wrong on the weekends.
My big challenge is eating right on the weekends and with my family.
Also, my other challenge is cooking daily to make sure that there is healthy food available. If I don't cook, my DH will. The fact of the matter is he is a better cook and used to cook 95% of the families meals. In order for me to assure that my family has access to healthy food, I have to cook the food.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Saturday June 16
I am at a dreaded weekend again. Last weekend, I totallly went off my healthy eating plan. But I have been doing so good, lately. Maybe on weekends, I will try to work a maintenace plan.
I walked for approx 35+ mins with weights this am with both of my sons and my husband.
I returned and ate lunch-leftovers from last night's dinner:
Stir-fried vegetables-green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, water chestnuts, snow peas, carrots about 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Catfish with olive oil-about 2 oz
We plan to go to HomeTown Buffet, one of our favorite family places ina minute as well as go to the movies, so I will report back.
The Goal: Eat According to a maintenance plan.
ps I can fit into 2 pairs of capris that I haven't been able to wear since I bought them cause they were too small!
I walked for approx 35+ mins with weights this am with both of my sons and my husband.
I returned and ate lunch-leftovers from last night's dinner:
Stir-fried vegetables-green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, water chestnuts, snow peas, carrots about 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Catfish with olive oil-about 2 oz
We plan to go to HomeTown Buffet, one of our favorite family places ina minute as well as go to the movies, so I will report back.
The Goal: Eat According to a maintenance plan.
ps I can fit into 2 pairs of capris that I haven't been able to wear since I bought them cause they were too small!
Friday June 15 Recap
My sister brought up the point that I will need to think about maintenance, since losing weight fast causes many people to return to their original weight when they are "off of their diet. Now, I think of my current lifestyle as lifestyle changes, not dieting stuff I am doing to loose weight. So, when I exercise daily, I know that I will still have to do the same to maintain, or else, my calories will have to remain quite low.
I would guess my current caloric intake is around 500-900. I exercise 30 mins some days, but for 1 hour and 30 minutes on most days.
When I maintain, I will still never be able to eat like I used to, but I will be able to eat a little bit more and I will probably want to exercise 3-5 times per week for 30 mins.
A good friend of mine mentioned yesterday that she thinks I will be so satisfied with the way I look once I reach my target that I will be motivated to maintain the weight.
I told her that I plan to get rid of my big clothes and buy small clothes and I think that that will help me to realize when I get off track.
I think I should have that as part of my milestone/goal marker, to actually get rid of my big clothes. I started out between a size 14 and a 16 and hope to be at a size 8. I hope that is the size I will be no bigger than when my weight reaches 130. About 9 years ago, I weighed 135 and was a size 7, so I allowed for some body differences because I'm older and have had 2 more kids.
Before, when I dieted, when I got hungry I wouldn't feel motivated to lose weight. The weight was really never that important to me. But I am committed. I visualize myself being in Fat Camp. My own, at home Fat Camp.
I had success at Olive Garden yesterday! I stayed on track.
Yesterday Meal and Exercise Recap:
I woke up really late (10am) due to staying up until 4am to design a website, so the times are funky.
Lunch 12:20 (my breakfast): orange, which I shared with my toddler
2: lunch: 1/2 home made subway sandwhich-sourdough- I couldn't find wheat and I heard that the enzymes in sourdough are healthy.
Turkey
Light Green salad on the sandwich
2:30 Egg whites and turkey in a light and dk green salad-approx 3/4 cup total with lemon pepper and squeezed lemon
Veggie (carrots, bell pepper, celery) stix and the rest of my salad-about 3/4 cup
4pm 30 mins of bicycle riding
Dinner Olive Garden around 9:30
appetizer: mocha with 1/2 cookie and whip cream
Meal: 1 bowl minestrone soup
Broocoli and aaprox 2 oz chicken
I ordered a kids meal of chicken and broccoli and spaghetti for my son. I ate his broccoli and no more than 2 oz chicken
After dinner: 1/2 breadstick
I would guess my current caloric intake is around 500-900. I exercise 30 mins some days, but for 1 hour and 30 minutes on most days.
When I maintain, I will still never be able to eat like I used to, but I will be able to eat a little bit more and I will probably want to exercise 3-5 times per week for 30 mins.
A good friend of mine mentioned yesterday that she thinks I will be so satisfied with the way I look once I reach my target that I will be motivated to maintain the weight.
I told her that I plan to get rid of my big clothes and buy small clothes and I think that that will help me to realize when I get off track.
I think I should have that as part of my milestone/goal marker, to actually get rid of my big clothes. I started out between a size 14 and a 16 and hope to be at a size 8. I hope that is the size I will be no bigger than when my weight reaches 130. About 9 years ago, I weighed 135 and was a size 7, so I allowed for some body differences because I'm older and have had 2 more kids.
Before, when I dieted, when I got hungry I wouldn't feel motivated to lose weight. The weight was really never that important to me. But I am committed. I visualize myself being in Fat Camp. My own, at home Fat Camp.
I had success at Olive Garden yesterday! I stayed on track.
Yesterday Meal and Exercise Recap:
I woke up really late (10am) due to staying up until 4am to design a website, so the times are funky.
Lunch 12:20 (my breakfast): orange, which I shared with my toddler
2: lunch: 1/2 home made subway sandwhich-sourdough- I couldn't find wheat and I heard that the enzymes in sourdough are healthy.
Turkey
Light Green salad on the sandwich
2:30 Egg whites and turkey in a light and dk green salad-approx 3/4 cup total with lemon pepper and squeezed lemon
Veggie (carrots, bell pepper, celery) stix and the rest of my salad-about 3/4 cup
4pm 30 mins of bicycle riding
Dinner Olive Garden around 9:30
appetizer: mocha with 1/2 cookie and whip cream
Meal: 1 bowl minestrone soup
Broocoli and aaprox 2 oz chicken
I ordered a kids meal of chicken and broccoli and spaghetti for my son. I ate his broccoli and no more than 2 oz chicken
After dinner: 1/2 breadstick
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Weight Loss Progress
I am a 27 year old mom of 3:
Date Weight Body Fat
June 1 185 41.2%
June 5 181 41.8%
June 7 178.8
June 8 177.8 40.9%
June 9 179.2 40.9%
June 11 178.8 40.7%
June 12 177.2 41%
June 13 176.8
June 14 175.4
June 15 175.4 40.7%
I went back up to 177.something and hovered there until Sunday June 24
June 27 173.0 (Time 9:01am) (:
June 28 173.0 (6am)
June 29 171.8 8am
June 30 169.4 (8am) 40.7% Woo hoo!!!!
July 4th 169.0
July 18 167.something
July 24 166.6 5:30am 39.something bodyfat
August 2 162.4 35.8% body fat night time (night time body fat % is lower; weight on scale is higher)
August 3 3am morning 160.2
August 3 7am 160.0
August 16h 8pm 158.6 33.something body fat
September 9 10:52pm 160lbs 34.something % body fat
November 21 8:26am 149.0 34.0% bodyfat
My Husband is a 39 year old Dad to 3:
June 5 253.2 27%
June 13 248
My Daughter is 12 year old:
June 1 130
June 5 124.4 29.5%
June 11 123 27%
June 14 120lbs
Date Weight Body Fat
June 1 185 41.2%
June 5 181 41.8%
June 7 178.8
June 8 177.8 40.9%
June 9 179.2 40.9%
June 11 178.8 40.7%
June 12 177.2 41%
June 13 176.8
June 14 175.4
June 15 175.4 40.7%
I went back up to 177.something and hovered there until Sunday June 24
June 27 173.0 (Time 9:01am) (:
June 28 173.0 (6am)
June 29 171.8 8am
June 30 169.4 (8am) 40.7% Woo hoo!!!!
July 4th 169.0
July 18 167.something
July 24 166.6 5:30am 39.something bodyfat
August 2 162.4 35.8% body fat night time (night time body fat % is lower; weight on scale is higher)
August 3 3am morning 160.2
August 3 7am 160.0
August 16h 8pm 158.6 33.something body fat
September 9 10:52pm 160lbs 34.something % body fat
November 21 8:26am 149.0 34.0% bodyfat
My Husband is a 39 year old Dad to 3:
June 5 253.2 27%
June 13 248
My Daughter is 12 year old:
June 1 130
June 5 124.4 29.5%
June 11 123 27%
June 14 120lbs
Thursday June 14th
I want to blog, but I need to get to work, so I'm going to try to be quick. I woke up this morning and my weight is down to 175.something.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so excited.
I know that yesterday, I skipped breakfast and ate a piece of fruit instead. So today, I haven't eaten breakfast, but have had water with squeezed lemon.
My son and I took a walk for about 35 minutes. I have been incorporating a 3 20 second sessions of cardio everytime I excercize since last week, so I did incorporate running/jogging for about 20 seconds 3 times. I was surprised that it was only 35 minutes long, but figure, that is fine for maintenance.
Today's Food/Excercize log:
In bed, I did some leg lifts. approx 4-5 sets of 15 reps per leg.
Breakfast:
dk green lettuce with egg whites and garlic powder (sounds gross, but the lettuce tastes like spinach. My toddler loves it) I cook this in the microwave with a lid so the veggies can steam.
water with lemon
I Power-walked for 35 mins with my baby in stroller.
-I walk so fast I sweat. I added arm movements today. I also had 3 20 second cardio intervals.
Lunch:
1/2 burrito (see yesterday's recipe)
dk green lettuce
30mins bicycle riding with 2 sons (1 on baby carrier and 1 on his own bike next to me)
Dinner:
I have to admit, I ate too much. I can feel the food in my stomach. Darn. It was the change in routine. I usually cannot eat until late, but it was so hot and I was so busy today that we pushed dinner up earlier, and it was hard for me to quit eating.
I didn't have time to cook dinner and still eat at a reasonable manner. Plus, with the higher cost of fresh produce and food with less preservatives, I have to use things up, so I used leftovers and made a smorgasbord/buffet salad, we had:
leftover enchilada and taco meat, which I mixed,
corn tortillas in olive oil-1 per family member except myself.
Beef Barley vegetable soup
I set out a big bowl of dk green salad
I set out little bowls of:
egg whites
egg yolks
diced salmon
salad mix: it has bacos, soy nuts, sunflower seeds, and some other stuff
pitcher of lemon water
My 2 youngest children made their own
yogurt from organic plain yogurt, berries and honey.
All of my kids ate salad and a taco, except my youngest didn't get a taco, cause my husband ate 2. My daughter ate some of the barley soup.
I ate Approx 3/4 - 1 cup beef barley vegetable soup
2 servings dk green lettuce with egg whites
lemon water
1 cup Green tea with honey
My goal is to get out there and exercise one more time tonight for 30mins to an hour. It is 7:30 now and still quite warm outside. It was misery riding today in the 99 degree sun. Oh well, that's just a part of exercise. You can't let the weather stop you.
I am so excited.
I know that yesterday, I skipped breakfast and ate a piece of fruit instead. So today, I haven't eaten breakfast, but have had water with squeezed lemon.
My son and I took a walk for about 35 minutes. I have been incorporating a 3 20 second sessions of cardio everytime I excercize since last week, so I did incorporate running/jogging for about 20 seconds 3 times. I was surprised that it was only 35 minutes long, but figure, that is fine for maintenance.
Today's Food/Excercize log:
In bed, I did some leg lifts. approx 4-5 sets of 15 reps per leg.
Breakfast:
dk green lettuce with egg whites and garlic powder (sounds gross, but the lettuce tastes like spinach. My toddler loves it) I cook this in the microwave with a lid so the veggies can steam.
water with lemon
I Power-walked for 35 mins with my baby in stroller.
-I walk so fast I sweat. I added arm movements today. I also had 3 20 second cardio intervals.
Lunch:
1/2 burrito (see yesterday's recipe)
dk green lettuce
30mins bicycle riding with 2 sons (1 on baby carrier and 1 on his own bike next to me)
Dinner:
I have to admit, I ate too much. I can feel the food in my stomach. Darn. It was the change in routine. I usually cannot eat until late, but it was so hot and I was so busy today that we pushed dinner up earlier, and it was hard for me to quit eating.
I didn't have time to cook dinner and still eat at a reasonable manner. Plus, with the higher cost of fresh produce and food with less preservatives, I have to use things up, so I used leftovers and made a smorgasbord/buffet salad, we had:
leftover enchilada and taco meat, which I mixed,
corn tortillas in olive oil-1 per family member except myself.
Beef Barley vegetable soup
I set out a big bowl of dk green salad
I set out little bowls of:
egg whites
egg yolks
diced salmon
salad mix: it has bacos, soy nuts, sunflower seeds, and some other stuff
pitcher of lemon water
My 2 youngest children made their own
yogurt from organic plain yogurt, berries and honey.
All of my kids ate salad and a taco, except my youngest didn't get a taco, cause my husband ate 2. My daughter ate some of the barley soup.
I ate Approx 3/4 - 1 cup beef barley vegetable soup
2 servings dk green lettuce with egg whites
lemon water
1 cup Green tea with honey
My goal is to get out there and exercise one more time tonight for 30mins to an hour. It is 7:30 now and still quite warm outside. It was misery riding today in the 99 degree sun. Oh well, that's just a part of exercise. You can't let the weather stop you.
June 13th Wednesday recap
June 14, 2007
I am so excited at my weight loss and energy. This is amazing to me. 2 days ago, I added an extra exercise session to my daily routine. In the morning I took at power walk around my neighborhood, in a different area than usually. I took my baby with me.
Lessons I’ve learned are:
You can’t be perfect, you just have to get out there and move. For example, I don’t worry about matching, looking cute or even wearing exercise clothes. I just make sure I’m wearing something that is comfortable to move in. I also don’t even worry about my hair being too cute. If I didn’t let go of looking cute, I’d never find the time to exercise with 3 kids, a dog, a husband, a business and volunteer work. I believe that once my exercise routines are a habit, I’ll be able to work into my routine looking cute while exercising, but for now, it is best for me to make sure I exercise at all costs.
Another thing, I feel so good when I exercise. My mind is clearer, I’m more focused, and I feel excited about accomplishing tasks. I also feel very thankful towards God when I exercise because I get to marvel in the beauty of all of the trees and flowers and animals that he has created. I also get to be thankful that I live in a nice neighborhood and that it is a safe area to walk around.
Yesterday, I had a busy day, so I didn’t get to eat much: Here is my day:
8am Worked in my home office
During this time, I fed my baby a mini bagel from Trader Joes with small amount of cream cheese and real fruit spread; I was too busy to stop to eat. I did grab a banana to bring with me as well as broccoli in a little zip lock, an orange and a couple of bottles of water to take with me on the field trip. I certainly didn’t want to end up at Taco Bell starving. Plus, I only packed $10 for me and my 2 kids to eat. (I knew the field trip was going to be to Taco Bell and I was very anxious to see what I could do to make healthy choices while surrounded by high calorie, low nutrition foods. I assumed I would eat a bean burrito. And try very hard to limit myself to just one. My eldest is about to graduate 6th grade in a few weeks and my middle child is going to have several end of the year celebrations, so I will be at several school functions with foods like pizza, ice cream, etc.)
9am at my kids’ school by name to chaperone a walking field trip-this was my morning walk.
10am shared a banana with my 2 year ld. I ate most of it.
11am Taco Bell
I ate the broccoli first, before I ordered my food.
I also drank ice water from Taco Bell
I looked up bean burrito calories on the Taco Bell guide and was shocked: it was around 340 calories for 1 burrito. So, I ordered pintos and cheese and a taco. I think each item had around 150. But an amazing thing happened, when I was halfway done with the beans, I felt full. I ate them very slowly and drank lots of water with it. But I couldn’t believe it. To make sure I didn’t eat my son’s burrito-since he has a tendency not to finish food, and I have a tendency to take bites of their foods, I ordered it with onions, I hate Taco Bells onions. And I gave away my taco to one of the kids. I figured, if I’m not hungry, I shouldn’t eat it.
Worked in home office
1:15pm I finished the beans
Worked in home office
2pm I did feel kind of tired/hungry, so I had some green tea with honey
5:45pm I ate a whole orange-man, it tasted good. Food tastes better when you eat to live, rather than living to eat.
Went on bike ride with my 3 kids and my friends’ child. I wanted to see if we could bike to my new favorite fresh food grocery store-Trader Joes, and we could. I also looked to make sure that they had bike racks. The ride there and back was probably at least an hour worth of exercise time.
I have been trying to find ways to incorporate exercise into things I need to do.
8pm Dinner
HM Burritos
HM crock pot pinto beans
carne asada-I only used a small portion of meat, about ½ to 1/3 lbs so there was less meat than beans. I put the meat in the crock pot about halfway through the cooking time. The meat was from Trader Jo’s.
Green Salsa from Trader Jo’s-about ½ bottle in the crock pot
Into the crock pot, I also added:
-A few cloves of garlic,
-1 whole onion
-1 whole bell pepper
Whole wheat tortillas-from Trader Jo’s
I encouraged everyone in the family to add their choice of veggies to their burrito. I used an iceberg romaine salad mixture. It comes prepackaged and is called “Greener selection. My daughter used dark green salad which we also buy prepackaged.
When I was halfway finished with my burrito, I felt full. It was mentally hard not to finish it, because, well I don’t know why. I think because it is a habit to finish food and stuff myself and it tasted good. But I gave the rest to my middle son, who loves to eat and was probably going to get seconds anyway.
I am so excited at my weight loss and energy. This is amazing to me. 2 days ago, I added an extra exercise session to my daily routine. In the morning I took at power walk around my neighborhood, in a different area than usually. I took my baby with me.
Lessons I’ve learned are:
You can’t be perfect, you just have to get out there and move. For example, I don’t worry about matching, looking cute or even wearing exercise clothes. I just make sure I’m wearing something that is comfortable to move in. I also don’t even worry about my hair being too cute. If I didn’t let go of looking cute, I’d never find the time to exercise with 3 kids, a dog, a husband, a business and volunteer work. I believe that once my exercise routines are a habit, I’ll be able to work into my routine looking cute while exercising, but for now, it is best for me to make sure I exercise at all costs.
Another thing, I feel so good when I exercise. My mind is clearer, I’m more focused, and I feel excited about accomplishing tasks. I also feel very thankful towards God when I exercise because I get to marvel in the beauty of all of the trees and flowers and animals that he has created. I also get to be thankful that I live in a nice neighborhood and that it is a safe area to walk around.
Yesterday, I had a busy day, so I didn’t get to eat much: Here is my day:
8am Worked in my home office
During this time, I fed my baby a mini bagel from Trader Joes with small amount of cream cheese and real fruit spread; I was too busy to stop to eat. I did grab a banana to bring with me as well as broccoli in a little zip lock, an orange and a couple of bottles of water to take with me on the field trip. I certainly didn’t want to end up at Taco Bell starving. Plus, I only packed $10 for me and my 2 kids to eat. (I knew the field trip was going to be to Taco Bell and I was very anxious to see what I could do to make healthy choices while surrounded by high calorie, low nutrition foods. I assumed I would eat a bean burrito. And try very hard to limit myself to just one. My eldest is about to graduate 6th grade in a few weeks and my middle child is going to have several end of the year celebrations, so I will be at several school functions with foods like pizza, ice cream, etc.)
9am at my kids’ school by name to chaperone a walking field trip-this was my morning walk.
10am shared a banana with my 2 year ld. I ate most of it.
11am Taco Bell
I ate the broccoli first, before I ordered my food.
I also drank ice water from Taco Bell
I looked up bean burrito calories on the Taco Bell guide and was shocked: it was around 340 calories for 1 burrito. So, I ordered pintos and cheese and a taco. I think each item had around 150. But an amazing thing happened, when I was halfway done with the beans, I felt full. I ate them very slowly and drank lots of water with it. But I couldn’t believe it. To make sure I didn’t eat my son’s burrito-since he has a tendency not to finish food, and I have a tendency to take bites of their foods, I ordered it with onions, I hate Taco Bells onions. And I gave away my taco to one of the kids. I figured, if I’m not hungry, I shouldn’t eat it.
Worked in home office
1:15pm I finished the beans
Worked in home office
2pm I did feel kind of tired/hungry, so I had some green tea with honey
5:45pm I ate a whole orange-man, it tasted good. Food tastes better when you eat to live, rather than living to eat.
Went on bike ride with my 3 kids and my friends’ child. I wanted to see if we could bike to my new favorite fresh food grocery store-Trader Joes, and we could. I also looked to make sure that they had bike racks. The ride there and back was probably at least an hour worth of exercise time.
I have been trying to find ways to incorporate exercise into things I need to do.
8pm Dinner
HM Burritos
HM crock pot pinto beans
carne asada-I only used a small portion of meat, about ½ to 1/3 lbs so there was less meat than beans. I put the meat in the crock pot about halfway through the cooking time. The meat was from Trader Jo’s.
Green Salsa from Trader Jo’s-about ½ bottle in the crock pot
Into the crock pot, I also added:
-A few cloves of garlic,
-1 whole onion
-1 whole bell pepper
Whole wheat tortillas-from Trader Jo’s
I encouraged everyone in the family to add their choice of veggies to their burrito. I used an iceberg romaine salad mixture. It comes prepackaged and is called “Greener selection. My daughter used dark green salad which we also buy prepackaged.
When I was halfway finished with my burrito, I felt full. It was mentally hard not to finish it, because, well I don’t know why. I think because it is a habit to finish food and stuff myself and it tasted good. But I gave the rest to my middle son, who loves to eat and was probably going to get seconds anyway.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Tuesday June 12, 2007
I am feeling much more motivated to stay on track because of some successes:
My 12 year old daughter, who didn't have any weight to loose in order to be within the healthy range for her height, has lost 7lbs. When our health plan began around the 1st, she weighed 130, she is now down to 123lbs. (She's 5 foot 2). She was already pretty active in school and sports, even though she is not on an actively competing team right now, the weight has melted off with the new eating plan. She doesn't even exercise with me most days. She has also lost 2% points of body fat.
Since June 1st, I've lost 8 lbs.
My progress has been as follows:
June 1
185 lbs
June 5
181 lbs
41.2%
Largest upper arm: 13
Largest Bust: 44.5
Under bust: 35
Smallest Waist: 38
Waist-Just above navel: 39 ½
Widest Hips (both): 45
Widest This (1): 28 ¼
Widest Calf: 15 ½
June 7
178.8 lbs
41.8%
June 8
177.8 lbs
40.9%
June 9
179.2 lbs
40.9
June 11
178.8
40.7%
June 12
177.2
42%
Sometimes, even when I don't cheat, the scale doesn't show a loss like it should. My scale is supposed to be able to measure body fat, so it was really discouraging to read that gain on Friday 6/9/07. But if I take the gain as it was, and go from there, I am still losing.
Once I get to 174, I will be smaller than I've ever been in 8 years,(excluding my last pregnancy when I lost weight.) I can't wait!
Slow and steady wins the race!
My 12 year old daughter, who didn't have any weight to loose in order to be within the healthy range for her height, has lost 7lbs. When our health plan began around the 1st, she weighed 130, she is now down to 123lbs. (She's 5 foot 2). She was already pretty active in school and sports, even though she is not on an actively competing team right now, the weight has melted off with the new eating plan. She doesn't even exercise with me most days. She has also lost 2% points of body fat.
Since June 1st, I've lost 8 lbs.
My progress has been as follows:
June 1
185 lbs
June 5
181 lbs
41.2%
Largest upper arm: 13
Largest Bust: 44.5
Under bust: 35
Smallest Waist: 38
Waist-Just above navel: 39 ½
Widest Hips (both): 45
Widest This (1): 28 ¼
Widest Calf: 15 ½
June 7
178.8 lbs
41.8%
June 8
177.8 lbs
40.9%
June 9
179.2 lbs
40.9
June 11
178.8
40.7%
June 12
177.2
42%
Sometimes, even when I don't cheat, the scale doesn't show a loss like it should. My scale is supposed to be able to measure body fat, so it was really discouraging to read that gain on Friday 6/9/07. But if I take the gain as it was, and go from there, I am still losing.
Once I get to 174, I will be smaller than I've ever been in 8 years,(excluding my last pregnancy when I lost weight.) I can't wait!
Slow and steady wins the race!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Monday 6-11-07 9:53am
After a weekend in which I didn't do much to keep up my new healthy lifestyle, I am back on track for today, Monday.
I am back at work (at home) on my regular schedule. I've been taking it easy at work. But today is a regular day that will have me in and out of the house with things to complete by certain deadlines.
Breakfast:
3/4 cup oatmeal
Water
Planned lunch:
Salad
Today will also be my first day being out and about without packing a lot of food. I will pack a light (approx 100 calorie snack), but that's it. I also plan to return by lunch time. But since I might not be, I should prep it now, I realize. When I push lunch out too late, it is very tempting for me to eat the wrong foods.
I have noticed that when I am running errands, it is soooo easy to stop and eat fast food. But it's expensive and not healthy, so this will be a test. (:
I meant to take a walk this morning, but didn't. That is something I am aiming to add to my daily routine, but in order for that to happen, I've got to get up on time and not be behind in my work.
Edited to finish recording my meal plan:
Snack (while out and about in my car around town):
Salad:
Dinner:
I rode my bike with my kids and one of my friends kids for about an hour after dinner.
I also did 10 sets of 10 crunches and was able to lift myself much farther with less pain than ever before.
After exercise, 2nd dinner, or the rest of dinner:
I was feeling really bad about falling off the diet wagon, so to speak, this weekend and about eating 2 enchiladas instead of something lower in calories, but the scale keeps showing a lower weight.
I am back at work (at home) on my regular schedule. I've been taking it easy at work. But today is a regular day that will have me in and out of the house with things to complete by certain deadlines.
Breakfast:
3/4 cup oatmeal
- w/1 tbsp NF powder milk
- w/ 1/2 tsp brown sugar
Water
Planned lunch:
Salad
- Barilla Plus Noodles (high in fiber and protein w/o the whole wheat color or taste-which is normally too weird for me i n noodles. These actually taste good)
- Soy Beans
- some other veggie or fruit
- probably an oriental glaze of some sort
Today will also be my first day being out and about without packing a lot of food. I will pack a light (approx 100 calorie snack), but that's it. I also plan to return by lunch time. But since I might not be, I should prep it now, I realize. When I push lunch out too late, it is very tempting for me to eat the wrong foods.
I have noticed that when I am running errands, it is soooo easy to stop and eat fast food. But it's expensive and not healthy, so this will be a test. (:
I meant to take a walk this morning, but didn't. That is something I am aiming to add to my daily routine, but in order for that to happen, I've got to get up on time and not be behind in my work.
Edited to finish recording my meal plan:
Snack (while out and about in my car around town):
- about 7 plums
Salad:
- barrilla plus noodles-1 oz uncooked 100 cal
- soy beans -cooked-approx 1/2 c
- dark green salad leaves approx 25 cal
- oriental glaze sauce from Trader Joes's approx 2 tsp max 50 cal
Dinner:
- 2 homemade enchiladas (around 5:30pm)
I rode my bike with my kids and one of my friends kids for about an hour after dinner.
I also did 10 sets of 10 crunches and was able to lift myself much farther with less pain than ever before.
After exercise, 2nd dinner, or the rest of dinner:
- homemade (HM) whole wheat (WW) and splenda corn bread 1/2 slice
- HM Pinto beans 1/3 cup
I was feeling really bad about falling off the diet wagon, so to speak, this weekend and about eating 2 enchiladas instead of something lower in calories, but the scale keeps showing a lower weight.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Weight Loss Day 6
Weight Loss Blog
Day 6 June 9, 2007
Today is official day 6 of my most recent decision to lose weight. It is my first Saturday, which I expected weekends to be difficult with all of our activities. But this was a great first weekend to begin and this should be easier. My DH is out of town, so no temptation from him, I woke up with great intentions.
But we were rushing to get my DD to one of her activities. Since I dropped off a few of the kids, another parent offered to bring my DD home for me-after she finished her work out. “So that’s how she does it”, I thought to myself. This particular mom is so cute, she always has her makeup on and her hair looks good and is always dressed nicely. BTW: She’s 5-10 years older than me. Ouch. I’m not jealous, it just makes me more critical of myself. What would my mother say? But I refuse to get jealous. I love my life and appreciate everything I’ve been blessed with.
But, I do want to lose weight. This morning the scale said a really high number. Well, it’s still lower than my starting weight, but it is higher than yesterday. I knew better than to get on it today. (Everyday is not good) I know I excercized longer and harder yesterday than I usually do and I only ate an extra ¼ cup of beans and rice and 1 or 2 extra bowls of mostly vegetable soup, so I have no reason to beat myself up about the apparent gain. I still consumed an amount of calories within my goal range.
But as I sit here at my computer, trying to get a CD Rom to play unsuccessfully, I have begun to feel hungry. But I’m pretty sure it’s not hunger, but boredom. I have found out by observing my habits and tendencies that I have developed an association with eating while on the computer.
Since I work at home on the computer for a few hours each day, this is not OK. I have made a commitment to myself not to eat at the computer-just water and veggie stix. But I drank a V8 before I started blogging. And I hate to say it, but I almost ate a cookie. Thankfully, I sent all of them with my daughter this morning, so there was only 2 cookie pieces about 1 inch square each for me to eat. Then I began to warm up the soup. It is mostly broth-a tiny but of spinach noodles and celery, carrots and spinach. But since it is 10am and part of my goal is to eat at meal times only. It is especially difficult for me to do this when I’m working.
When I’m working, it is tempting for me to eat all day long. I allow myself breakfast and Lunch at 12noon. I can have water and veggie stix in between and part of breakfast, since I usually don’t finish it, but no meals.
The fact of the matter is that soup, even light soup, is a meal, not a snack. Aughhh! This is so hard for me. I think I am addicted to food-either mentally or physically. This is the blog of a mad woman.
This is so hard for me. I will have to pray and beg. But I know that God has given us power and authority over things like this, actually over all things and that this problem is already beneath my feet.
I spend a lot of time thinking about what caused me to become overweight. I used to say that I’m not sure what I was doing wrong. I was never the type to eat a whole carton of ice cream or to eat donuts all day everyday. But maybe it was small things like eating food all day. And I have finally realized that my portion sizes were too big.
An example of this I learned this week was this week when I prepared salmon for my family. At Costco they carry salmon frozen in individual little bags. They defrost in minutes and it is easy to cook a little or a lot. We usually cook 1 per person. But this week, since we’re all eating healthier, I wanted to make sure I was only preparing just enough: 3 oz each for me and the kids and 5 oz for DH.
Well, in the past, I thought I was doing good if I limited myself to just 1 of the individual salmon filets. Well, this week I found out that each filet is 7oz, which means each filet was more than 2 servings!! See, the whole way we have been viewing food has to have been wrong.
You know what is a trip? I really am not hungry. I don’t have hunger pains. I don’t remember having them yesterday either. The hard part for me is that food is a part of my life. Food is too much a large part of my life. We revolve everything around food. Food is entertainment-when we want to go somewhere fun-we go out to eat. When we want to celebrate all of us and my husband’s family go out to eat, too. I just need to establish a habit of eating at the correct times and continuing to excercize as I have committed myself to. I feel so relieved, I’ve made it to 11am. Just 1 more hour to lunch. Is that normal? Is it sane? You don’t realize how much your life revolves around food until you try to limit it. A lot of my mental battle with not eating so much reminds me of the things people go through with a drug addiction.
I bought a great scale by Tanita-it was recommended to me on another weight loss blog.
Here are my stats:
The week of June 1, I weighed 185.
Date
Weight
Body Fat %
Measurements
June 1
185 lbs
June 5
181 lbs
41.2%
Largest upper arm: 13
Largest Bust: 44.5
Under bust: 35
Smallest Waist: 38
Waist-Just above navel: 39 ½
Widest Hips (both): 45
Widest This (1): 28 ¼
Widest Calf: 15 ½
June 7
178.8 lbs
*after nursing 28 month old lost .4 lb
41.8%
June 8
177.8 lbs
40.9%
June 9
179.2 lbs
40.9%
Day 6 June 9, 2007
Today is official day 6 of my most recent decision to lose weight. It is my first Saturday, which I expected weekends to be difficult with all of our activities. But this was a great first weekend to begin and this should be easier. My DH is out of town, so no temptation from him, I woke up with great intentions.
But we were rushing to get my DD to one of her activities. Since I dropped off a few of the kids, another parent offered to bring my DD home for me-after she finished her work out. “So that’s how she does it”, I thought to myself. This particular mom is so cute, she always has her makeup on and her hair looks good and is always dressed nicely. BTW: She’s 5-10 years older than me. Ouch. I’m not jealous, it just makes me more critical of myself. What would my mother say? But I refuse to get jealous. I love my life and appreciate everything I’ve been blessed with.
But, I do want to lose weight. This morning the scale said a really high number. Well, it’s still lower than my starting weight, but it is higher than yesterday. I knew better than to get on it today. (Everyday is not good) I know I excercized longer and harder yesterday than I usually do and I only ate an extra ¼ cup of beans and rice and 1 or 2 extra bowls of mostly vegetable soup, so I have no reason to beat myself up about the apparent gain. I still consumed an amount of calories within my goal range.
But as I sit here at my computer, trying to get a CD Rom to play unsuccessfully, I have begun to feel hungry. But I’m pretty sure it’s not hunger, but boredom. I have found out by observing my habits and tendencies that I have developed an association with eating while on the computer.
Since I work at home on the computer for a few hours each day, this is not OK. I have made a commitment to myself not to eat at the computer-just water and veggie stix. But I drank a V8 before I started blogging. And I hate to say it, but I almost ate a cookie. Thankfully, I sent all of them with my daughter this morning, so there was only 2 cookie pieces about 1 inch square each for me to eat. Then I began to warm up the soup. It is mostly broth-a tiny but of spinach noodles and celery, carrots and spinach. But since it is 10am and part of my goal is to eat at meal times only. It is especially difficult for me to do this when I’m working.
When I’m working, it is tempting for me to eat all day long. I allow myself breakfast and Lunch at 12noon. I can have water and veggie stix in between and part of breakfast, since I usually don’t finish it, but no meals.
The fact of the matter is that soup, even light soup, is a meal, not a snack. Aughhh! This is so hard for me. I think I am addicted to food-either mentally or physically. This is the blog of a mad woman.
This is so hard for me. I will have to pray and beg. But I know that God has given us power and authority over things like this, actually over all things and that this problem is already beneath my feet.
I spend a lot of time thinking about what caused me to become overweight. I used to say that I’m not sure what I was doing wrong. I was never the type to eat a whole carton of ice cream or to eat donuts all day everyday. But maybe it was small things like eating food all day. And I have finally realized that my portion sizes were too big.
An example of this I learned this week was this week when I prepared salmon for my family. At Costco they carry salmon frozen in individual little bags. They defrost in minutes and it is easy to cook a little or a lot. We usually cook 1 per person. But this week, since we’re all eating healthier, I wanted to make sure I was only preparing just enough: 3 oz each for me and the kids and 5 oz for DH.
Well, in the past, I thought I was doing good if I limited myself to just 1 of the individual salmon filets. Well, this week I found out that each filet is 7oz, which means each filet was more than 2 servings!! See, the whole way we have been viewing food has to have been wrong.
You know what is a trip? I really am not hungry. I don’t have hunger pains. I don’t remember having them yesterday either. The hard part for me is that food is a part of my life. Food is too much a large part of my life. We revolve everything around food. Food is entertainment-when we want to go somewhere fun-we go out to eat. When we want to celebrate all of us and my husband’s family go out to eat, too. I just need to establish a habit of eating at the correct times and continuing to excercize as I have committed myself to. I feel so relieved, I’ve made it to 11am. Just 1 more hour to lunch. Is that normal? Is it sane? You don’t realize how much your life revolves around food until you try to limit it. A lot of my mental battle with not eating so much reminds me of the things people go through with a drug addiction.
I bought a great scale by Tanita-it was recommended to me on another weight loss blog.
Since we were rushing, today I ate:
Breakfast bar-12% daily fiber, 14% daily protein = 130 calories.
Water
Small can of V8 = 30 calories
The tiny pieces of cookie don't count, do they? (: = 20-30 caloriesHere are my stats:
The week of June 1, I weighed 185.
Date
Weight
Body Fat %
Measurements
June 1
185 lbs
June 5
181 lbs
41.2%
Largest upper arm: 13
Largest Bust: 44.5
Under bust: 35
Smallest Waist: 38
Waist-Just above navel: 39 ½
Widest Hips (both): 45
Widest This (1): 28 ¼
Widest Calf: 15 ½
June 7
178.8 lbs
*after nursing 28 month old lost .4 lb
41.8%
June 8
177.8 lbs
40.9%
June 9
179.2 lbs
40.9%
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